The energy harvesting industry has seen steady growth in recent years. This growth has been driven by the increasing demand for remote sensing, implantable technologies, and increased battery life in mobile and hand held ...

Coupling between the electric field, magnetic field, and strain of composite materials is achieved when electro-elastic (piezoelectric) and magneto-elastic (piezomagnetic) particles are joined by an elastic matrix. Although ...

Nonlinear electromechanical and polarization switching behaviors of piezoelectric materials and viscoelastic nature of polymers result in the overall nonlinear and hysteretic responses of active polymeric composites. ...

This research investigates a novel class of active materials for energy and sensing applications. Magnetocaloric alloys, Gd5Si2Ge2, were developed into a composite with poly(vinylidine flouride) (PVDF), piezoelectric ...

Piezoelectric actuators have been developed in various forms ranging from discrete layered composites to functionally graded composites. These composite actuators are usually made up of differentially poled piezoelectric ...